Yū (song)
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| Single by Shizuka Kudo | ||||
| Released | June 5, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 4:54 | |||
| Label | Pony Canyon | |||
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"Yū"
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"Yū" (優; lit. "Gentle") is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo, released as a single through Pony Canyon on June 5, 1996. It featured as the theme song on the ninth and penultimate installment of the Gokudō no Onna-tachi Yakuza film series, Gokudō no Onna-tachi: Kiken na Kake (1996), starring Kudo herself.
The coupling song "Luna (Tsuki no Megami)", which was first included on Kudo's album, Doing, a month prior, is the theme song to the film Bakusō! Moon Angel: Kita e (1996), starring Kudo as a female truck driver in her first cinematic role since Future Memories: Last Christmas. The song was recut as a B-side to "Yū" to promote the film.
"Yū" is the third and last in a consecutive trilogy of singles with one-character titles: "Yū" is preceded by "Chō" and "7".